-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sven Mueller wrote: > Julien Valroff wrote on 07/06/2006 18:23: >> May you please explain what is the /etc/.serial.conf.old file? >> I cannot find any reference to this file. Is this a file *you* have >> chosen to rename? > > I'm not sure. I might once have renamed it. However, I'm not sure why > rkhunter warns about it. The file itself is harmless (just an old copy > of the /etc/serial.conf it seems).
The point of the rkhunter warning is that it found a file with a . prefix in an unlikely location. This is a common tactic for hackers to conceal directories or files using dot files (especially dot directories with spaces in them, or ... which is hard to spot). So any uncommon dot file it finds it is going to suspect. micah -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEiCuT9n4qXRzy1ioRArm5AKC3jEgLG7mKyIiFFNqSXs/O1JzV0gCghon/ gZYPehT9lu39GUnjrX3aj54= =sraf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
